Catherine Tanvier

Catherine Tanvier
Country (sports)	France
Born	28 May 1965 (age 58); Toulouse, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$706,054
Singles
Career record	205–198 (50.9%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 20 (27 September 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989, 1990, 1991)
French Open	4R (1983, 1988)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	2R (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	285–180 (61.3%)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 16 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1980, 1989)
French Open	SF (1983)
Wimbledon	QF (1986)
US Open	3R (1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
Wimbledon	3R (1983, 1985)
US Open	2R (1984)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–7

Last updated April 22, 2024

Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France.

Career

In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets.^[1]

Tanvier won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 1983 Freiburg Open clay court tournament, defeating Laura Arraya in the final in straight sets.

At the Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round in the singles event in 1985, which she lost to eight-seeded Zina Garrison.^[2] Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988).^[3] Her best career result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal of the 1983 French Open women's doubles event with Ivanna Madruga.

Tanvier published two biographies; in 2007 she wrote Déclassée – de Roland-Garros au RMI,^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[4] and in 2013 published Détraquements, de la colère à la torpeur.^[5]^[6]

In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme .

She now lives in Nice, France.

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Winner-Legend
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1982	VS of Hershey, United States	Hard (i)	Andrea Temesvári	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1983	Freiburg Open, West Germany	Clay	Laura Arraya	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Oct 1983	Porsche Grand Prix, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 1986	Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Helena Suková	2–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Feb 1992	Cesena Championship, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 21 (9–12)

Winner-Legend
Tier I	0
Tier II	1
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	2

Titles by surface
Hard	1
Clay	4
Grass	0
Carpet	2

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1982	Tournoi de Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 1982	Indianapolis Clay Court, U.S.	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 7–6
Loss	2–1	May 1983	Perugia Open, Italy	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Wade	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 1983	Hittfeld Cup, West Germany	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 1983	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Dec 1984	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	May 1985	Hamburg Open, West Germany	Clay	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Nov 1985	Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Marcella Mesker	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–6	Apr 1986	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Apr 1986	Amelia Island, U.S.	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	4–7	May 1986	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Iva Budařová	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–8	Oct 1986	Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Loss	4–9	Oct 1986	Brighton International, UK	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Steffi Graf Helena Suková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–10	May 1987	Geneva Open, Switzerland	Clay	Laura Gildemeister	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–11	Oct 1987	Brighton International, UK	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–11	Jul 1988	Nice Open, France	Clay	Catherine Suire	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	6–11	Jul 1988	Aix-en-Provence Open, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Sandra Cecchini Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–11	Oct 1989	Bayonne Open, France	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 7–5
Win	8–11	Sep 1990	Bayonne Open, France	Hard (i)	Louise Field	Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	8–12	Sep 1991	Bayonne Open, France	Carpet (i)	Rachel McQuillan	Patricia Tarabini Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, ret.
Win	9–12	Feb 1992	Cesena Championship, Italy	Carpet (i)	Catherine Suire	Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	w/o

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	5 July 1981	ITF Limoges, France	Clay	Liliana Giussani	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	26 November 1981	ITF Ringwood North, Australia	Hard	Debbie Chesterton	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	9 November 1981	ITF South Yarra, Australia	Hard	Sophie Amiach	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	27 March 1989	ITF Bayonne, France	Hard	Pascale Etchemendy	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (11–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	26 April 1981	ITF Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Sophie Amiach	Jo Durie Debbie Jevans	0–6, 1–6
Win	2.	5 July 1981	ITF Arcachon, France	Clay	Laura Araya	Florența Mihai Carmen Perea	6–3, 7–5
Win	3.	2 November 1981	ITF Frankston, Australia	Hard	Sophie Amiach	Kym Ruddell Gwen Warnock	6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	1 February 1982	Ogden, United States	Carpet (i)	Iva Budařová	Yvona Brzáková Marcela Skuherská	6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	8 February 1982	Bakersfield, United States	Carpet (i)	Cláudia Monteiro	Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Win	6.	11 July 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Heidi Eisterlehner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	19 January 1987	Bayonne, France	Hard	Virginia Ruzici	Iwona Kuczynska Corinne Vanier	6–3, 6–2
Win	8.	21 March 1988	Bayonne, France	Hard	Pascale Paradis	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	9.	27 March 1989	Moulins, France	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Mara Eijkenboom Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10.	26 March 1990	Limoges, France	Carpet	Sandrine Testud	Ann Devries Iwona Kuczyńska	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	11.	19 September 1994	Marseille, France	Clay	Madeleine Sánchez	Marta Cano Cristina De Subijana	6–3, 6–2
Win	12.	12 December 1994	Mildura, France	Grass	Vanessa Webb	Catherine Barclay Louise Pleming	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, 6–3
Win	13.	20 March 1995	Moulins, France	Hard	Nathalie Dechy	Jessica Fernández Aarthi Venkatesan	6–1, 6–3
Loss	14.	27 November 1995	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Maja Murić	Annabel Ellwood Kirrily Sharpe	4–6, 1–6
Loss	15.	18 March 1996	ITF Reims, France	Hard (i)	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	Giulia Casoni Flora Perfetti	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	16.	15 March 1999	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen	2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	17.	12 April 1996	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Louise Pleming	Karen Cross Amanda Grahame	4–6, 6–3, 6–7

Notes

↑ RMI stands for Revenu minimum d'insertion, a form of social welfare in France.

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References

↑ "Catherine Tanvier (FRA) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
↑ "Wimbledon players archive – Catherine Tanvier". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
↑ "Australian Open players – Catherine Tanvier". www.ausopen.com. Tennis Australia.
↑ Alison Healy (28 March 2009). "Serving up the dark side of tennis". The Irish Times .
↑ Sabrina Champenois (5 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier, du court à l'écrit" (in French). La Libération.
↑ Laurent Chignaguet (8 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier: "J'ai de la colère à évacuer"". Le Figaro (in French).

External links

Catherine Tanvier at the Women's Tennis Association
Catherine Tanvier at the International Tennis Federation
Catherine Tanvier at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[rmi-4] RMI stands for Revenu minimum d'insertion, a form of social welfare in France.

[1] "Catherine Tanvier (FRA) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.

[aeltc-2] "Wimbledon players archive – Catherine Tanvier". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.

[3] "Australian Open players – Catherine Tanvier". www.ausopen.com. Tennis Australia.

[irishtimes-5] Alison Healy (28 March 2009). "Serving up the dark side of tennis". The Irish Times .

[6] Sabrina Champenois (5 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier, du court à l'écrit" (in French). La Libération.

[7] Laurent Chignaguet (8 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier: "J'ai de la colère à évacuer"". Le Figaro (in French).

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